While Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk never did face off in that cage match, "Uncle Elon" has bested Zuck in the political arena, becoming one of the most powerful unelected figures in modern US history.

When Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook, Instagram and Threads would end third-party fact-checking, the political world read it as a kind of capitulation — a company sacrificing its values on the altar of Donald Trump and the modern GOP’s “free speech” politics.

Zuckerberg later became less vocally critical of Trump. Following the 2024 election, he donated $1 million to his inaugural committee and dined at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida in late November, the Associated Press reported.

The tech billionaire said “community notes,” as used on Elon Musk's X, will be implemented on Facebook and Instagram instead.

Mark Zuckerberg seems eager to join the ranks of MAGA nation, but some of Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters aren’t ready to embrace the Meta owner with open arms. In the latest signal that he is cozying up to the incoming president,

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making sweeping changes to the social internet, all in line with the desires of President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters.

META boss Mark Zuckerberg is set to end the company’s ‘fact-checker’ programs in favour of a system used on rival site X. “Biased” independent moderators on Facebook and Instagram will be replaced

Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta will end it's fact-checking system in favor of a "Community Notes"-based model.

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg announced the company will end fact-checking and other restrictions on Facebook and Instagram.

Meta’s chief executive has stepped away from his mea culpa approach to issues on his platforms and has told people that he wants to return to his original thinking on free speech.

Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced changes to content moderation on Facebook and Instagram long sought by conse